Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grading"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Grading}.]
1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
quality, rank, etc.
2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
as the line of a canal or road.
3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
improve the blood of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grading \Grad"ing\, n.
The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of
bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired
level or grade.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grading
n 1: the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: {scaling}]
2: changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently
sloping surface [syn: {leveling}]
3: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score;
"what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he
had to do" [syn: {marking}, {scoring}]
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